{"id":222154,"date":"2025-09-19T03:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/ai-model-offers-accurate-and-explainable-insights-to-support-autism-assessment"},"modified":"2025-09-19T03:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:26:40","slug":"ai-model-offers-accurate-and-explainable-insights-to-support-autism-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/ai-model-offers-accurate-and-explainable-insights-to-support-autism-assessment","title":{"rendered":"AI model offers accurate and explainable insights to support autism assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ai-model-offers-accurate-and-explainable-insights-to-support-autism-assessment.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have developed and tested a deep-learning model that could support clinicians by providing accurate results and clear, explainable insights\u2014including a model-estimated probability score for autism.<\/p>\n<p>The model, outlined in a study published in <i>eClinicalMedicine<\/i>, was used to analyze resting-state fMRI data\u2014a non-invasive method that indirectly reflects <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/brain+activity\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">brain activity<\/a> via blood-oxygenation changes.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the model achieved up to 98% cross-validated accuracy for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and neurotypical classification and produced clear, explainable maps of the brain regions most influential to its decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have developed and tested a deep-learning model that could support clinicians by providing accurate results and clear, explainable insights\u2014including a model-estimated probability score for autism. The model, outlined in a study published in eClinicalMedicine, was used to analyze resting-state fMRI data\u2014a non-invasive method that indirectly reflects brain activity via blood-oxygenation changes. In doing so, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}